Attachment for lamp-burners.



J. HEBERLING.

ATTACHMENT FOR LAMP BURNERS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-$1914.

Patented May 18, 1915.

J OHN HEBERLING, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YDRK.

I ATTACHMEITT FOR LAMP-BURNERS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented li ay 18, 915.

Application filed October 5, 1914. Serial No. 865,079.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN HEBERLING, of Rochester, in the county ofMonroe, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Attachments for Lamp-l3urners, which improvement is fullyset forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanyingdrawings.

The present invention relates to attach ments for lamp burners, and moreparticularly to that type which is employedfor creating a conditionabout the wick tube of a lamp burner for the purpose of generating a gasand, in this way, increasing the brilliancy of the burner, an object ofthe invention being to provide a simple and inexpensive constructionwhich may be readily attached and detached and may be cleaned withease.-

Another object of the invention is to provide a construction in whichthe maximum gas generating properties are present.

To these and other ends, the invention consists in certain parts andcombinations of parts all of which will be hereinafter described, thenovel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a sectional view through a commercialburner with the present invention applied thereto and shown in section;Fig. 2 is a plan view of the burner with the usual hinged cap removedand the present invention applied thereto; Fig. 3 is an end elevationof. the attachment; Fig. l is the side elevation; Fig. 5 is an endelevation of another embodiment of the invention; Fig. 6 is a verticaltransverse sectional view through the embodiment shown in Fig. 5; andFig. 7 is a side elevation of the same embodiment.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates a commercialburner of known construction having a hinged cap 2, a wick tube 3, and aperforated diaphragm 4. The attachment is applied to the burner byfitting the sameover the wick tube preferably to rest upon theperforated diaphragm. In both forms of the invention,

the attachment is an open-ended body hav- 7 ing air-intake openings atits lower edge formed by notching the bottom edge at opposite sides asat 5 and at opposlte endsas at 6, the portions 7 between the notchesserving to rest upon the perforated diaphragm l. Theopen-ended body maybe held in spaced relation'to the wick tube by any suitable means, lugs8 in this instance, being bent inwardly from the upper edges of thenotches 6 and recessed at their extrime ends to fit the end walls of thewick tu e.

The body is preferably oval-shaped in horizontal cross section and fromthe notches or air. inlets 5 and 6, the side walls 9 and end walls 10extend perpendicular, the end walls each being perpendicular throughoutits height whilethe side walls are provided with air inlets 11 in theform of horizontal slots extending substantially throughout the lengthsof the side walls and in a horizontal plane with the upper-end of a wicktube to which the attachment is applied. Above these slots, the sidewalls are bent or deflected at 12 at an angle to the plane of theportions of the side walls below the slot, the opposite edges of eachdeflected portion lying on opposite sides of the plane of the portion ofthe side wall below the slot.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7, a flangeor tongue 13 projects inwardly from the lower edge of each slot.

According to this invention, air will pass through the holes of thediaphragm i and the notches 5 and 6 into the lower end of the body to beheated by radiation from the wick tube and the open-ended body. Air willalso pass through the slots 11 being previously heated by the exteriorwalls of the open-ended body andtrapped by the de flected portion 12which extends beyond the plane of the walls 9. This trapped airdischarges directly onto the upper end of the wick tube where it is mostneeded, mixing at the same time with the heated air which is ascendinginthe open-ended body from the bottom of the latter. The delivery of theair in the above manner, together with the intense heat created aboutthe wick, produces a very brilliant light, and this is due to theheating of the liquid fuel to produce a gas and the proper supply of airto the gas thus generated. The tongues 13 of the embodiment shown inFigs. 5, 6, and 7 increase the force of the currents of air deliveredthrough the openings 11, and, at the same time, deflect toward the wick,the ascending currents within the body.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An attachment for lamp burners comprising an open-ended body formedwith air inlet notches in its lower edge and with side and'end wallsextending vertically from'the lower edge of the body the side wallsbeing 7 provided with openings near their upper edges and beingdeflectedinwardly above said openings. 7 2. An attachment for lampburners comprising an open-ended body formed with air inlet notches inits lower edge and with side and end walls extending perpendicularlyfrornthe lower edge of the body, the side walls being provided withhorizontal slots at points opposite'the upper end of the wick tube ofthe'burner to which'the attachment is to be applied, and said side wallsalso being bent above said slots so that the upper edge of each bentportion lies on the inner side (if the vertical plane of the lower por-"tion of such sidewall and the lower edge lieson the outer side of saidplane.

3. Anattachment for lamp burners com-.

prisingan' open endedbod; having horizon tal slots in opposite sidewalls; the portions Copies of thispatent mav be, obtained for of theside walls above each slot being bent I at an angle to the plane of theportions of V5.'An attachment for lamp b urners com prising anopen-ended body having horizontal slots in opposite side walls, a tongueextending inwardly from the lower edge of each slot, and the portions ofthe side walls above each slotbeing bent at anangle to the plane of theportions of'the' side walls below such slot and projectingon oppositesides of said plane. I 7 I 7 JOHN HEBERLING. Witnesses:

HAROLD 'H. ,SIMMS; I ADA M. WHITMoRm.

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